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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7 1914.

Application filed May 23, 1913. Serial No. 769,482.

/ 10 all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, CYRUs IIILL and JOHN I-InNscHnN, citizens of the United States, residing at Iona, in the county of Lee and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved cabinet for wash stands, slop jars and the like and consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved cabinet of this kind which may be readily closed to conceal the jar or other contents thereof and which may be readily opened and may be also used as an article of furn-iture for supporting a wash bowl and pitcher or for other analogous uses.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinety constructed in accordance with our invention, showing the same open. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the same closed. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same in closed position, and showing the cover in folded position on the outer side of the door in dotted lines. Fig. 4: is an inverted detail plan of the cover. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical transverse sectional view of one upper side of the cabinet and also showing a portion of the cover and one of the rollers of the cabinet engaging one of the curves on the under side of the cover.

Our improved cabinet 1 may be of any suitable size and shape and is preferably made of wood but may be made of any suitable material. The body of the cabinet comprises a bottom 1, a back 2 and side walls 3. Suitable supporting feet or casters 4 are here indicated under the bottom of the cabinet.

The door 5 for closing the front of the cabinet is connected to one of the side walls by hinges 6 which permit the door to be arranged in either opened or closed position. On the inner side of the door near its upper end and at its center is a supporting bracket 7 which is provided at its upper corner with a projecting spur 8. The cover 9 is secured to the upper end of the door by a pair of hinges 10 and is adapted to be folded in vertical position against the outer side of the door, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and is also adapted to be arranged in horizontal position to bear on the bracket 7 and to also close over the upper edges of the back and side walls of the cabinet. This cover is provided on its under side with a notch 11 which when the cover is in horizontal position, is engaged by the spur 8 of the bracket. In the upper edges of the walls of the cabinet are anti-friction rollers 12 which are mounted in suitable bearings 13 and the upper sides of which project a slight distance above the upper edges of the cabinet walls. The cov-er 9 is provided in its under side with curved grooves 14C which receive these rollers when the door is closed and the cover caused to slide over the top of the cabinet, the rollers by their engagement with the grooves reducing friction between the cover and the upper side of the cabinet so as to permit the door to be easily closed and the cover to be readily arranged on the top of the cabinet and at the ends of the said grooves are deepened recessed portions 15 which engage the rollers when the cover is in entirely closed position and permit the cover to drop tightly on the upper edge of the cabinet. A suitable packing strip 16 may also be employed on the upper edge of the walls of the cabinet to effect a tight joint with the cover when the latter is closed.

Our improved cabinet may be employed for holding a wash pitcher and basin or other like articles on its cover when desired and for this purpose the cover may be provided with recesses 17 in its top to receive the bases of the pitcher and basin. Our cabinet is especially adapted for use in hotels and residences, is cheap and simple, strong and durable and may be ornamented in any way desired.

1. The herein described cabinet open at its top and front end and provided with a door to close the front, said door being hinged at one side, and with a cover carried by the door, the said cover being hinged at one side to the upper side of the door so that the cover can be arranged on the front side of the door, or closed over the top of the cabinet when the door is in closed position, the door being provided on its inner side with a bracket to support the cover in horizontal position when the door is open.

2. The herein described cabinet open at its front and also at its top and provided with a hinged door to close the front, the said door being hinged at one side and with a cover hinged to the upper end of the door and oarried'by the door and arranged to be to drop tightly when the door is in fullyv folded outwardly on the front side of the closed position,

door or to be closed over the top of the oabi- In testimony whereo1 we afliX our signanet when the door is1 in closed position, the. tures in presence of two witnesses.

cabinet bein@ provi@ ed at the upper sides of its wallsbwith anti-friction rollers 'and the cover being provided on its under side with curved guide grooves to engage the Witnesses: said rollers, said guide grooves having WESLEY HILL, l0 deepened end portions to permit the cover ROBERT YOUNG.

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. Washington, D. C. 

